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The Thomas Crown Affair: Original MGM Motion Picture Soundtrack [Enhanced CD]

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I'm a huge Steve McQueen fan, so I thought what better way to satisfy my McQueen fix than with the soundtrack to one of my all time favorite films! Man, I'm so happy that I did. The music is fabulous! I can't help but feel I AM Mr. Crown, about to get the girl, fool the Feds, and pull off the greatest heist!

Excellent music, excellent movie! Can't wait for the remake

It's incredible to think that a whole generation of moviegoers think that 'Windmills Of Your Mind' was written for Sting's contribution to the 1999 hit remake of 'Thomas Crown'. Some 32 years earlier the young Noel Harrison was whispering his way through this captivating melody, with lyrics from the incomparable Alan & Marilyn Bergman, as Steve McQueen slipped his way through the traps set by the elegant and sexy Faye Dunaway. Michel Legrand's remarkable score embraces his jazz upbringing, providing the perfect catalyst for an ultra cool blend of high romance and 60's 'caper' action. As love songs go, Michel Legrand's own vocal interpretation of the beautiful 'His Eyes, Her Eyes' also has to be about as good as it gets. The other jazz cues fare just as well away from the split screen frames that characterised Norman Jewison's memorable film. 'The Thomas Crown Affair'is one of the sublime M.Legrand's musical milestones, in partnership with the best of 1960's American filmmaking.

I saw the movie in 1968 and recently bought it to add to a small collection. It was great seeing it again and the music is superb. I play it almost constantly.

Comparing the soundtrack of the remake to this the original is like comparing the two films. They are both good for different reasons. This soundtrack stands as interesting on it's own, without the film. It has two main theme's... (the two feature songs "Windmills of your mind" and "His Eyes, Her Eyes" and these are used in the composer's exploration of the jazz idiom. While I say that it stands on it's own as interesting..... it won't appeal to everyone, but whatever you do make sure you see the film! It's one you can't miss :-)

To anyone who saw the recent attempt to re-write the script and music to this classic, is like trying to re-write Bach for the Moog. It will have little staying power. The LeGrand score is beyond wonderful, and the music is as steamy as the original scenes! You ain't seen or heard nothing til you've heard THIS one!

My parents used to have this record when I was a kid. Now Ryko has finally reissued this classic piece of film scoring.Legrand had to write a suitable score for a very stylish and innovative film and delivered with haunting, curious and tense music which stands up well by itself apart from the film. The intense combination of mallet percussion, harpsichord and piano in the super-fast "Playing the Field" echos Frank Zappa's work at the time on "Lumpy Gravy". The strings are lush and sexy and there's just enough three martini swagger on this soundtrack to keep you buzzed until you actually go out and get a copy of the film. Very highly reccomended

This is a great late 1960's score from composer Michel Legrand. The main title song "The Windmills of your Mind" sung by Noel Harrison and composed by Michel Legrand and Hal David is a classic. Closing your eyes it brings many images to mind. It is a beautiful song on its own yet still reflects the inner struggle of McQueen a man who has everything yet needs danger and excitement just to survive and make some meaning out of his life. His pastime full of transgressions will ultimately remain insatiable and will never relief his boredom. Michel Legrand's music perfectly underscores the tale of this man in a rather overt style. The music which is gaudy and "in" actually demonstrates the banality of McQueen's world. A good example of this is the way Legrand scores track 7: "The Chess Game" that McQueen plays or toys with Faye Dunaway. This is another great soundtrack album CD from Ryko.

A fantastic piece of music. Emotive and exciting the soundtrack conjures up the cool and the tense within the film. Play it in the car and imagine you're in the middle of a heist. Must not be missed.

Putting Michel LeGrand together with phenomenal lyrics by Marilyn and Alan Bergman creates an unfogettable soundtrack. I have been playing this soundtrack on one media form or another for years. The clever instrumentation and lush orchestrations make it all the better.
For me, this soundtrack helped make the original movie so incredibly entertaining. LeGrand helps to make Faye Dunaway even more beautiful and enhanced McQueen's unreachable detachment.
One of my all time favorite CD's
See the movie after you have listened to the music.

One of the truly great soundtracks of the 1960's- Jazzy, sophisticated, and innovative. It really is a jazz symphony with repeating themes but brilliant variations on those themes. This record even eclipses the sophistication of the classic Peter Gunn and Mr Lucky soundtracks of Henry Mancini or Quincy Jones' scores of this same period. There are a couple "pop" tunes, but the rest of the album is surprisingly deep and stands up well to repeated listenings. Great work from a master of film scoring.